"Tsukiji Hotel Kan" Monogatari Nippon Hatsu No Gaikoku Jin Senyo Honkaku Teki Hotel Wo Tsukutta Bakumatsu Ishin No Otoko Tachi

[Machine Translation] Japan's first hotel (Tsukiji Hotel Building) opened in Keio 4, but was destroyed by fire three and a half years later. This historical nonfiction book depicts the men who dreamed of modernization, centering on Oguri Uenosuke Tadasun (a shogunate official), Shimizu Kisuke (the second generation founder of Shimizu Corporation), and Minomura Rizaemon (Mitsui Gumi). Also includes a behind-the-scenes look at the birth of the First National Bank by Eiichi Shibusawa.

慶応四年、日本初のホテル「築地ホテル館」が開業するも三年半後に焼失。小栗上野介忠順(幕臣)、清水喜助(清水建設創業二代目)、三野村利左衛門(三井組)らを軸に、近代化を夢見た男たちを描く歴史ノンフィクション。渋沢栄一による第一国立銀行誕生の舞台裏も。